The 10th Kingdom

Perfect for my dad’s Xmas present. You can’t find this series anywhere so I was happy to find it. Just need to change the settings to English when you pop it into a uk dvd player.

If you're attracted to the more gory parts of fairy tales and feel that many so called adult fairy tales leave you cold, as they are more suited for children, this could be the one for you.Children could watch it, but they won't love it as much as you! Virginia and her father found themselves in the first of one of 9 kingdoms, the place where the real fairy tales were born. Of course, the decedents of the once great legends who lived in these places have made towns and buildings into monuments to them. There's a fantastic feeling of magic about it.They're on a quest to help Prince Wendall, though they really just want to get back home finding frustration at every place they turn.It's a fairytale, so of course, there's romance, with a well meaning wolf in the mix. The evil queen, a prodigy of the queen that killed snow white, turns out to have a great story behind her. It's just a superb story all around.Told in 3 parts, it was so worth the money, as I had been one who waited with baited breath for the next installment when it came on Sky 1 years back.I'm not sure this will ever make it onto blu ray which is a great shame, as it's my guessing from having mentioned this to many people, that not a lot of people watched it, if they re-released it, it would be so popular - I'd love it on blu ray.Enjoy and let the magic take you somewhere beyond happily ever after!

Although the discs are in Dutch, the episodes are in full English soundtrack, you just need to turn off the subtitles, go to ondertiteling and select the ait option, there done.This 2000 fantasy comedy begins when spoilt Prince Wendell is transformed into a dog following a breakout at the Snow White memorial Prison in the fourth kingdom and he leaps through a magical mirror, colliding with Virginia in our world, closely pursued by Trolls and a half wolf. But returning home she soon realises she is in danger and flees with Wendell back through the portal, but will she be any safer there and can she break Wendells curse?This 3 disc set is full of wry humour from the start, being frivolous and poking fun at many well known fairy tales. The special effects are still impressive and the worlds credible. Best acting must go to the Wolf [Scott Cohen] and the dog, no, it really is a dog!Originally filmed as 10 one hour episodes, this plays in three continuous parts, without breaks or credits. All the discs load to a main menu featuring play, scene selection, and subtitles [on/off] . Disc 1 also has special features [making of, cast and crew, characters and search for 10th kingdom] while disc 3 has a making of .This is a 12 rating as much of the humour is risqué and adult by inuendo and some of the ‘catchphrases’ could prove embarrassing if picked up by youngsters, but the swearing is generally light and infrequent. While there is no extreme violence, there are scenes ‘after-the-fact’ which some younger viewers may find distressing and the final part is quite dark and intimidating. Just be careful what you wish for.

Finally! I was able to pick up this fantastic series at a reasonable price but there are problems that other fans should be aware of.The Dutch release comes in a nice Digipak (gatefold cardboard) with three discs with very similar artwork. Discs one and two have about 2 hours and 45 minutes of the show with disc three having about an hour and a half (along with a 45 minute 'making of'), the video (which is in PAL) and audio (2.0) are very pleasant, the DVD looks great upscaled on a larger TV too.The series is treated as one long feature film, disc one has the fantastic opening titles but no credits, disc two doesn't have any titles or credits and disc three has just the end credits. There are chapter marks and the screen does go blank where the original broadcast would have had commercial breaks but a lot of TV shows on DVD have these pauses. The menus themselves are quite crude and not as sophisticated as other DVD's but they serve their purpose.The main problem and it's a big one is there are authoring errors on the discs. Disc one has one about 22 minutes in, the image stops for a few seconds then jumps ahead. Now depending on your player you may be able to play through this without the disc crashing or locking up your player. If you can't I'd recommend pausing the disc at 22 minutes and using your players GOTO function to jump ahead to 00:22:11 this should go passed the error. It is annoying but it's the only fault during the show itself. Disc two is error free as far as I can tell but disc three has another error but not during the show itself so it's possible it's during the 'making of'.Other customers have mentioned the subtitles, unfortunately there are no English subtitles just Dutch ones and they are automatic, they cannot be turned off before the show starts (unless I missed a menu!) but they can be turned off during the show with your remote, just press the SUBTITLE button to remove them. It's quite simple.The show itself is still fantastic with great characters, lots of silly humour and some of the best scenery in TV history. If the show ever makes it to Blu-ray it will be a treat for the eyeballs!If you know anyone who loves Once Upon A Time or Mirror, Mirror and have never seen or heard of The 10th Kingdom then they will love this show (and you) Happily Ever After!

Fantastic, just as good as I remember when I watched it when first broadcast. A wonderful fantasy series in the same vein as Once Upon A Time with a brilliant Ango - American cast (maybe a few Canadians as well?). Each episode is approximately 90 mins. long so plan to watch it over a few nights. A superb mix of drama, comedy and adventure. Looks and sounds great in HD. Well worth getting a multiregional Blu-ray player to watch (Region A version bought).Highly recommended>